The vehicle was put through its wash stage late on a Sunday evening â âwhy?â Monday, first thing, I had organised a dent repair chap to pull a few of the nasty dings out. No photos unfortunately, but I must say, he did a fantastic job! (Watch this space)

Picking up where Iâd left off, surface contaminants were removed by using a clay bar.

Lots of pick up to be seen:

With the car now âcleanâ, it was blown dry to remove excess water from panel gaps, trim, badges etc and then taped up in readiness for some machine polishing.

It was noted that A) the wheels had been badly refurbed (blown over the front-facing but lots of overspray and dirt stuck in the inner rim), B) the front bumper had been repainted and C) the rear bumper had been repainted (badly)

Inspection shots.

Resprayed areas:

Dull and hazy:

Wings covered in overspray and buffertrails:

Rear bumper, an area of caution this due to the poor spray work:

Lower down on rear bumper, there was NO life at all!

Other than that, general swirling and bad scratches!

Even with the nature light from the window, you can see how bad some areas were:

Great job there Jim!
I am also intrigued with what you might expect to pay for just the paint correction work.
I can keep my interior clean and don't have much of a problem protecting and cleaning my paint but i suffer with the condition the car came to me in the first place! Wish i had the balls to get a polisher onto it!

Great job there Jim!
I am also intrigued with what you might expect to pay for just the paint correction work.
I can keep my interior clean and don't have much of a problem protecting and cleaning my paint but i suffer with the condition the car came to me in the first place! Wish i had the balls to get a polisher onto it!

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Pop over an email if you could guys or find me on FB on the link below. Cheers!!

I haven't posted anything on DW in years chaps? I lurk from time to time, new products, news etc. I used to post in the Showroom a long time ago - since, I've not really looked into the Studio/Supporters scheme (seem to be doing alright as it is! )

as always top job, what do you use and the method for rear lens to get rid of the scratches?

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I tend to reach for Menz 203s when working on the rear clusters. A light/medium cut polishing pad and low speeds to keep temps down. By hand? You could try Menz 203s on a lake country polishing pad (see polishedbliss' posts) or even the Megs Plastic-X system (no experience in using this though)

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